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Coll 28/35 ‘Flying of Flags in; Persian Regulations re. flying of flags by foreigners in Persia. In. of Consular buildings’ [‎265r] (529/579)

The record is made up of 1 file (288 folios). It was created in 10 Oct 1931-31 Oct 1937. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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P.Z.5946/3I
EHGLOSUHE III PGR El fin OPFIGE GGVSRI1JG LETTER
No.E 4318/4318/34, DATED 17th SEPTEMBER,
1931. * 2 3
No.520.
(E 4318/4318/34)
FOREIGU OPPICE, S....1.
15th September, 1931.
Sir
With reference to your despatch Wo.419, of the
6th August regarding the flying of flags by the
officials of the Imperial and International
Communications Company at telegraph stations on the
Persian shore of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , I have to inform you
that you are correct in presuming that, in the absence
of any regulation in Persian Law to the contrary, these
officials are entitled to fly their national flag.
2. The proper flag for the purpose is the Union '
Jack, not the Red Ensigh. The latter was originally
a naval flag, and was assigned by the Admiralty as the
flag of the Mercantile Marine. It is not a shore flag,
though at one time it was often supposed by ill-informed
persons to be the appropriate flag for non-official
Britidi subjects to fly, as a result of a misunderstanding
as to the propriety of using the Union Jack, which was
wrongly thought to be a purely official flag.
3. I am not aware of the existence of any
written or unwritten ruling of international law or
usage under which objection could be ta^n to the flying
S Tindfi Wan.
of/

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Correspondence concerning the flying of flags and the positioning of flag staffs at British consular buildings in Persia [Iran], including at Britain’s naval base on the island of Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām], and the British Consulate at Bandar Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]. The file begins in 1931 with an objection from the Persian Government of the flying of a British flag (the Red Ensign) at buildings in Persian territory, operated by the Imperial and International Communications Company. Subsequent correspondence discusses:

  • The question of whether the Imperial and International Communications Company is entitled, as a private concern, to fly the national flag.
  • The significance to the Persian authorities of flag staffs as claims of territorial sovereignty.
  • Instructions issued to British consular properties in Persia in 1932 to remove flag staffs from their grounds, and to instead fly their flags from the roof of consular buildings.
  • National holidays on which foreign missions and consulates might fly their flags in Persia, with a list of dates on folio 78.
  • Reciprocal measures, imposed by the Government of India, limiting the flying of flags by Persian officials in India.

The file’s principal correspondents are: the British Legation at Tehran (Major Percy Charles Russell Dodd, Reginald Hervey Hoare; Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull Hugesson); the Foreign Office (George William Rendel, Lacy Baggallay); the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. (Charles William Baxter); the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Vincent Biscoe; Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard William Craven Fowle).

The file contains a small number of items written in French.

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1 file (288 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 289; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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